I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and you deprived me of my children. My blood alone remains: t… - Marie Antoinette

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I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and you deprived me of my children. My blood alone remains: take it, but do not make me suffer long.

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About Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette (November 2 1755 – October 16 1793) was Queen of France and Archduchess of Austria. She was the daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor Francis I and his wife Maria Theresa of Austria, the wife of Louis XVI, and the mother of Louis XVII. She was guillotined during the French Revolution. She was born Archduchess Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna of the Habsburg dynasty.

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Native Name: Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna Marie Antoinette Josèphe Jeanne Marie-Antoinette Josèphe Jeanne
Alternative Names: Mary Antionette Queen Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France Marie Antoinette Queen of France Marie Antoinette María Antonia Queen consort of Louis XVI Marie Antoinette Queen Marie Antoinette consort of Louis XVI King of France Marie-Antoinette Maria Antonia Marie Antoinette Joséphe Jeanne of Austria-Lorraine Archduchess Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna [House of Habsburg-Lorraine] von Habsburg-Lothringen The Austrian Woman Mary Antoinette Marie-Antoinette Josephus Joan
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We made our entrance into Paris. As for honors, we received all that we could possibly imagine; but they, though very well in their way, were not what touched me most. What was really affecting was the tenderness and earnestness of the poor people, who, in spite of the taxes with which they are overwhelmed, were transported with joy at seeing us.

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